Real estate, by default, is passive and the primary way to avoid the passive loss rules is to qualify as a real estate professional.Full-time employees and non-real estate business owners cannot qualify as a real estate professional (aka REPS status) because one of the tests is to spend more time in real estate than anything else (and it’s unlikely that you can convince the IRS or Tax Court that you spent more time in RE than your day job).

Solo 401k requires self employment with no full time employees other than you and a spouse.  

From what I have seen, it is more common for a litigation claim to arise from a partnership relationship, employee relationship, or other business relationship than a claim by a tenant against a property owner.

You would have to convince the county recording offices, who are run by career employees who in some instances still are using fax machines and rotary dial phones. 

I have a written office policy manual that explicitly permits my employees and sales agents to carry at their discretion.

@Ori Skloot  If you are paying your employees $ 27 an hour , with withholdings , workmans comp , and the other related costs , they are costing you around  $ 38.00 to $ 42.00 an hour The true cost of your labor was closer to the $ 9000 mark . 

@Ryan YuI would hit up @Dave Foster, 1031 specialist.

Sometimes large employers will rent furnished apartments for their employees coming to town on a regular basis.Also, if you believe strongly in the appreciation of the house, how bad would the negative cash flow be if you did long term rental? 

If you are a busy W-2 employee or running a company, Home Team Vacation Rentals can take care of all the nuts and bults of purchasing, setting up, and managing a STR.

I've worked with government employees, families who have been displaced by fires, and other clients / employees who are my tenant but aren't financially responsible for the lease.